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bell chime

...introduced in Western monasteries. Western chime bells, like the Chinese ones, were mounted on horizontal supports to be struck with mallets. The instrument itself, like the bells, was called a
cymbala. In the 12th century,
cymbala were wired to organ keys, thus forming the first organ chimes. The knowledge of tuning acquired with the
cymbala resulted in the design of...